No James, you're not alone - astonishing petty pile-on (bullying?) on
this board the last few days.
Wikipedia says:
"In Internet slang <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_slang>, a
*troll* is someone who posts inflammatory,^[2]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_%28Internet%29#cite_note-1>
extraneous <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/extraneous#Adjective>, or
off-topic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-topic> messages in an
online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room, or
blog, with the primary intent of provoking readers into an emotional
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotion> response^[3]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_%28Internet%29#cite_note-PCMAG_def-2>
or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion."
The emotional and disruptive response certainly fit the definition, but
that's about all. And while Kevin's tiny blips in my inbox were trivial
to delete and ignore, the resulting email hurricane of pompous
indignation was not.
Yuk.
phx
On 04/04/2012 00:29, James Stroud wrote:
I read the first part of the page you linked to. I'm not sure what the
decent into troll etymology says about the CCP4BB
community--especially in response to your seemingly innocent post.
My understanding is that the goal of the CCP4BB is to educate and not
belittle the naivety of other members of the community. I hope I am
not alone.
James
On Apr 3, 2012, at 4:33 PM, Kevin Jin wrote:
Dear All,
Here may be another example for the importance of image storage.
http://www.jinkai.org/DERA/DERA_1O0Y_3R12.html
Regards,
Kevin
